Sentences with phrase «as the placebo participants»

The varying doses, as well as the placebo participants took, were all packaged the same so neither they or the investigators knew which dose, if any, they were getting until the study was complete.

Not exact matches

The participants who took acetaminophen consistently rated pain — both emotional and physical, and both their own and someone else's — as less severe than those who took the placebo.

Some of the participants who get the placebo report an improvement in their symptoms while others report that they feel the same as they always do.

In households where women between the ages of 15 and 40 were pregnant, volunteer participants were administered either influenza vaccine or placebo as part of a randomized, placebo - controlled Phase 4 clinical trial.

A similar test was done, before and after oxytocin or placebo, but this time testing the participants» reactions to facial expressions, such as anger, disgust or happiness.

Participants underwent baseline pressure and thermal pain testing and were randomly assigned to SMT, placebo SMT, enhanced placebo SMT (same as placebo SMT except subjects were informed they would get SMT or a placebo intervention) or no intervention.

Only one study measured the participants» adult height: it found there was a 1.2 - centimetre difference between people who had used inhaled steroids as a child and those who were given a placebo.

For 24 weeks, 1,583 participants in the aptly named GAIT (Glucosamine / chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial) were given one of the following treatments: glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, both in combination, a placebo, or the COX - 2 inhibitor Celebrex (celecoxib) as a control.

A study testing Vioxx's ability to stem polyps in 2600 volunteers found that after 18 months, participants on Vioxx were twice as likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke as those on placebo.

At one point volunteer canvassers who were not identified as affiliated with the surveys went door - to - door for a conversation with participants; some talked about transgender issues, the «placebo» group talked about recycling.

Maharaj said he didn't use a placebo group in his study because it was too expensive and because he believes that the baseline assessment will allow participants to serve as their own control.

As in previous observational studies, participants reported feeling less hungry during the week they consumed walnut - containing smoothies than during the week they were given the placebo smoothies.

Instead, the team chose only studies that were placebo - controlled, used tDCS as a daily medical treatment, and involved at least 10 participants.

The researchers gave 24 healthy human participants — 18 men and six women — either a placebo, LSD or a combination of LSD with an inhibitor drug known as ketanserin.

We also performed subgroup meta - analyses by type of prevention (primary v secondary: in this study, trials involving healthy populations or patients with any specific disease except for cardiovascular disease were classified as primary prevention trials, and trials involving patients with cardiovascular disease were classified as secondary prevention trials), type of supplement by quality and dose (each supplement, vitamins only, antioxidants only, or antioxidants excluding vitamins), type of outcome (cardiovascular death, angina, fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction, stroke, or transient ischaemic attack), type of outcome in each supplement, type of study design (randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial v open label, randomised controlled trial), methodological quality (high v low), duration of treatment (< 5 years v ≥ 5 years), funding source (pharmaceutical industry v independent organisation), provider of supplements (pharmaceutical industry v not pharmaceutical industry), type of control (placebo v no placebo), number of participants (≥ 10000 v < 10000), and supplements given singly or in combination with other vitamin or antioxidant supplements by quality.

The study participants who drank the acetaminophen rated their suffering as significantly lower compared to the students who drank the placebo.

In the study, participants were randomly chosen to get a placebo or 4,000 IU / day of vitamin D supplements for 6 months as part of their normal treatment.

After the study period, the participants showed a significant drop in their blood glucose levels as compared with controls receiving a placebo.

A study of 60 participants with mild depression has shown that treatment with 3 g of Carnitine daily for two months significantly reduced symptoms as compared to placebo.

A placebo, also known as a sugar pill, is a treatment that is often given to study participants as a control to compare the effects of «nothing» to the effects of an actual treatment.

Participants will take a proprietary blend of coconut and medium - chain triglyceride oils, administered as a 1 - ounce drink three times daily, for either Months 1 - 3 or Months 4 - 6 of the study; a placebo will be taken during the other 3 - month period.

Those who took the probiotic reported reduced allergy symptoms as well as a markedly higher quality of life as compared with those participants taking the placebo.